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Executive Summary

I am an experienced software engineer who, over a career currently spanning more than two decades, has a record of consistently delivering highly technical solutions on a number of platforms using a wide range of tools. I have demonstrated an ability to learn new skills and develop and adapt existing skills in order to maintain a position at the forefront of the field as it has grown. Cross-platform development has taught me pragmatism and the importance of taking the wider view.
I have shown an ability to effectively communicate both on a technical level with other engineers and on a higher level with customers and product end-users. I continue to demonstrate enthusiasm for the opportunities offered by this exciting field.
Although currently engaged I am always open to new opportunities, specifically Linux development or project management roles.

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Curriculum Vitae
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Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today, which, let me be clear, is me speaking as myself and not for anybody or anything else. As you know, I work the cybersecurity trade, and I am gratified that ten days ago the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, concluded that cybersecurity should be seen as an occupation and not a profession because the rate of change is too great to consider professionalization.[1] That rate of change is why cybersecurity is perhaps the most intellectually demanding occupation on the planet. In writing this essay, the breadth of tradeoffs in cyber security and that fundamental intellectual challenge in those tradeoffs caused me to choose to narrow my focus to one class of tradeoffs in cyber security rather than them all; looking at the state of the current world, I decided to focus on personal data and the government.